Not just for remote teaching: virtual labs really came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can generally be a useful addition to the STEM teacher’s toolbox.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Forces, States of matter, Informatics, Teaching resources
How can AI systems like those developed to beat humans at games help unlock the secrets of protein function?
Ages: 16-19; Keywords: Biochemistry, Health, Informatics, Proteins, Science and society
A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Health, Microbiology, COVID-19, Infectious diseases, Probability, Diagnostics
The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Science and society, Medicine, Statistics, Medical research, COVID-19
How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16; Keywords: Forces, Surface tension, Cohesion, Liquids, Pressure
Tea is a refreshing drink – and it can also help students to learn about important chemical reactions, as these simple experiments with infusions demonstrate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Indicators, Metal complexes, Redox chemistry, Acid base reactions
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
Ages: <11, 11-14; Keywords: Surface area, Volume, Geometry, 3D shapes
Explore electromagnetic induction and of one of its well-known applications – the induction hob – with these hands-on activities.
Ages: 16-19; Keywords: Electromagnetism, Faraday’s law, Circuits
Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.
Ages: 11-14; Keywords: Computer science, Informatics, Numeral systems, Algorithms
